Sunday, May 21, 2023

May 21, 2023 News and Notes

  • Social media furor has felled the son of legendary Michigan coach Bo Schembechler.  Glenn had to resign, three days after taking a post with the university, due to various social-media situations coming to light.
  • Manchester City officially lifted the English Premier League title yesterday after Arsenal fell.
  • Oakland A's now 10-37 after a 3-2 loss in Houston Saturday.
  • Dodgers now 1-2 since rejecting The Sisters:  Losses to St. Louis on Saturday and Sunday.
  • And another horse died at Churchill Downs as well.  In just 24 days, nine horses have been euthanized at the track.
  • And the PGA Tour's nightmare is 18 holes from reality.  LIV Golf's Brooks Koepka, second at The Masters, leads the field by 1 at the PGA Championship after a masterful 66 at very difficult Oak Hill on Saturday.
    • The Sham Beau is alone in fourth, three back.
  • AND THE NIGHTMARE IS REAL.  LIV Golf's Brooks Koepka has won the 2023 PGA Championship. Two shots over Hovland and Scheffler, six over Cam Davis, Kurt Kitayama, and LIV whore The Sham Beau.
    • PGA Tour pro Michael Block made history twice on Sunday.  Aced the 15th for the only ace of the competition -- and his final score of 281 finished tied for 15th, meaning he has automatic placement in the 2024 PGA.
      • The three-way tie for 15th should net Block a little over $288,000.
        • The hole-in-one itself increased his prize money by six figures.
      • The record for a tour pro is tied for 11th.
  • A lesson in the trouble the WGA is in with the writers' strike.  This is an AI comparison a fan did between the actual cast members of the old improv-comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway?  Many of these (though not all) are quite uncanny.
  • There will be four Monday Night Football doubleheaders this season.
    • Week 2, one game at 7:15 Eastern (PHI/TB), the other at 8:15 (LAR/CIN)
    • Week 3, same (SEA/NYG)
    • Week 14, both games 8:15 Eastern (TEN/MIA, GB/NYG -- as of 2022, the flexing schedule policies do not apply to Monday Night games.)
    • And, for the first time in years, Week 18 will have MNF.  And it will also have two games, TBD on times.  (And the games)
      • It's not out of the question, in future years, to go back to the 7 and 10 Eastern starts.
  • Sad news from the Jeopardy Masters:  Mattea Roach's father has died of a brain aneurysm about two weeks ago.  He was 57.  The tournament was all but certainly pre-taped, so there should be no impact.  Would not be shocked to see something edited in in post-production for this final week.
    • They (yes, Roach is non-binary) is one of the four semifinalists in the tournament for the first Alex Trebek Trophy.
  • Middle Sunday of the sumo tournament:
    • Asanoyama was beaten for the first time.
    • As was Meisei.
    • And now Meisei has to face the sole undefeated wrestler left, Yokozuna Terunofuji.
    • Takakeisho is two wins from retaining Ozeki rank.
    • All four Sekiwake are now 6-2, and now begin to face each other.
  • Phil Mickelson has met with the Justice Department on behalf of the Saudi blood lords of LIV Golf and in opposition to the PGA Tour.
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